Re: Isn't it true that you use simpler, less scary, names for illnesses and diseases?

"Jack" <Windswept@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Is it true that you see a school subject and disease as synonymous?

You are unable to see the relation****p between the fear of "scary, 
foreign names" to simpler terms whether it is a school subject or a 
disease.
Try to expand your horizons.


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> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:16:00 -0400, "Frank Arthur" 
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>>Isn't it true that you use simpler, less scary, names for illnesses
>>and diseases?
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>>"Way Back Jack" <Relaxin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> COMMENT: Yeah, that's the ticket, call it "Yomomma," or "Slam 
>>> Dunk."
>>> That should create interest in the dumbed-down set.
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>>> Would name change help algebra students?
>>> Posted by Dave Murray | The Grand Rapids Press July 03, 2008 
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>>> As Shakespeare wrote, a rose by any other name would smell as 
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>>> But would Algebra 2 be as difficult if it were called something
>>> else?
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>>> State Sen. Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland, recently told a gathering of
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>>> County school board members that he believes more students would
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>>> the upper-level math course if it were called something less 
>>> scary.
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>>> His theory is that students have convinced themselves that algebra
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>>> too difficult and that they throw in the towel before giving it a
>>> chance.
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http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/07/would_name_change_help_algebra.html
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